Practice question
A nineteen-year-old's parent asserts that RA 6809's general age of majority at eighteen automatically abolishes every possible responsibility preserved by Article 2180, without any need to examine Section 3. Which answer is accurate?
- Majority at eighteen alone conclusively erases every relevant parental or guardian duty
- RA 6809 Section 3 expressly preserves the mentioned parental and guardian responsibilities for children and wards below twenty-one; the applicable conditions must still be examined
- Every person below twenty-one remains a minor for every civil purpose
- Parents are strictly liable for every adult child's act forever
- RA 6809 never lowered majority
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles 2176 and 2180: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- RA 6809 Section 3, amended Family Code Article 236: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6809_1989.html
- Family Code Articles 218–221: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/5/95173
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